> creating the software I hoped to turn into business > I don't even know if this is something people would want or pay for if I completed it. These two state

> creating the software I hoped to turn into business > I don't even know if this is something people would want or pay for if I completed it. These two statements are incompatible. If they're true, this isn't a business, it's a hobby. That's not to say it's bad thing — I personally rewrote Redis on DynamoDB in Go over the course of the pandemic, and I learned a ton. But not a single person will ever pay for it. I also wrote a scheduling system for the folks who run my gym as well, and they take me to lunch every chance they get to ask for new features and beg me to take more of their money. The difference is classic YC startup lore, you make something people want. Not hope that people will want what you make. The former is a business, the latter is a hobby. Both are equally valid based on your life situation, but it doesn't work to confuse the two.